Medium · published July 12, 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()
syzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1]
A reproducer is available in the syzbot bug.
When a request to add multiple actions with the same index is sent, the
second request will block forever on the first request. This holds
rtnl_lock, and causes tasks to hang.
Return -EAGAIN to prevent infinite looping, while keeping documented
behavior.
[1]
INFO: task kworker/1:0:5088 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-syzkaller-00173-g3cdb45594619 #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:0 state:D stack:23744 pid:5088 tgid:5088 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_power_efficient reg_check_chans_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5409 [inline]
__schedule+0xf15/0x5d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6746
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6823 [inline]
schedule+0xe7/0x350 kernel/sched/core.c:6838
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:6895
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:684 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x5b8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
wiphy_lock include/net/cfg80211.h:5953 [inline]
reg_leave_invalid_chans net/wireless/reg.c:2466 [inline]
reg_check_chans_work+0x10a/0x10e0 net/wireless/reg.c:2481
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 4.19, < 5.4.279 | 5.4.279 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.221 | 5.10.221 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.162 | 5.15.162 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.96 | 6.1.96 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.36 | 6.6.36 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.7 | 6.9.7 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |